---
title: Release Notes – January 27th 2023
category: release-notes
description: New style panel, a big update to tools, and some excellent new embeds.
hero: /images/blog/de3c15a0-ce9b-4cfa-841f-aca2e33ccbb5_1000x562.gif
date: 1/27/2023
status: published
author:
  - luwilson
---

We’ve been busy! Here are all the changes from this week’s release. They’re all live and ready to try out at [beta.tldraw.com](http://beta.tldraw.com).

## What’s New

- New and improved **style panel** design.
  ![](/images/blog/caa9d29d-77a5-4030-b612-76973fd03335_3514x2410.png)
- Revamped tool behaviors. You now return to the select tool after creating a shape.
- Added the **Lock Tool** preference, which will keep your selected tool after creating a shape. To enable the lock tool, select it from **Menu > Preferences > Lock Tool**.
  ![](/images/blog/de3c15a0-ce9b-4cfa-841f-aca2e33ccbb5_1000x562.gif)
- Added inertia to the **Hand** tool. To toss the canvas around, select the Hand Tool and then click and drag the canvas.
  ![](/images/blog/5184f106-9e12-43de-8e48-ff9f945b5a63_720x406.gif)
- Add support for **Excalidraw embeds**. To create an embed, paste in any Excalidraw URL—including multiplayer rooms!
  ![](/images/blog/9347eef8-a2f3-4626-891b-5d9523d291f0_720x406.gif)

## Improvements

- We now take stroke width into account when spacing out arrows from what they’re connected to.
  ![](/images/blog/d50217ee-01e6-4feb-8bf1-1a60dac60d2a_720x406.gif)
- Improved the visibility of handles on line shapes for mobile devices.
- Added placeholder SVGs in image exports for embed shapes.
- Changed the line tool behavior to avoid accidental dots.
- Improved tooltips and titles for menu items.
- You can now erase shapes within a frame without erasing the frame itself.
  ![](/images/blog/b0a617da-6af8-4dee-a4fb-246049b935fc_720x406.gif)

## Fixes

- Fixed **exact arrows** ending too early. Hold the alt/option key while connecting an arrow to make it “exact”.
  ![](/images/blog/c890ce42-0c65-435a-9614-f3352d47e337_720x406.gif)
- Fixed exporting images and copying images on Safari.
- Fixed a wobbly arrow bug on PC and Android.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent wheel events from initiating a drag interaction.
- Fixed a bug that could cause some shapes to be hidden when exporting frames on Safari.
- Fixed a rare bug affecting keyboard shortcuts.
- Fixed some images being hidden when the “reduce motion” flag was enabled.
- Fixed some rare desync issues in multiplayer.
- Fixed a bug that could affect the height and width of small shapes when changing the size style
  ![](/images/blog/ccdf53a3-e454-4b3e-bcbb-194aa0aaeaf3_720x406.gif)

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Please let us know what you think about these changes! If you have any feedback, join [our discord](https://discord.com/invite/s4FXZ6fppJ) or make an issue on [our public repo](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw-beta).

See you next week!
